We cannot infer by accepting testimony

Abstract

While we can judge and believe things by merely accepting testimony, we cannot make inferences by merely accepting testimony. A good theory of inference should explain this. The theories that are best suited to explain this fact seem to be theories that accept a so-called intuitional construal of Boghossian’s Taking Condition.

Keywords

Inference Taking condition Testimony Belief Intuition

This work was supported by the research project ‘Excellence at the University of Hradec Králové’.